We started the morning out right with another trip to the onsen. This time we went to a different one that was supposed to have blue water but it didn't look that blue to us. We got a private indoor onsen that had a nice view out of the window to the garden. The bath was filled when we arrived and it was a much more pleasant temperature than last night's bath. After the onsen we visited the 8 hells or jigoku as they are known. They are 8 different hot springs th...

Today we left our Hiroshima home and moved to Beppu. Before leaving Hiroshima we made a quick trip to the local baseball stadium so that Shannon could buy a shirt for the local baseball team, the Hiroshima Toyo Carps. We then speed by train to Beppu and once we arrived we found our awesome guesthouse, Happy Neko! The owner greeted us at the door and showed us to our apartment. We have a whole floor to ourselves! There are two huge living areas, a closed in balco...

Tonight we went to our first onsen ever! It was awesome! At around 9pm we briskly made our way down to Hyotan Onsen chatting excited about the upcoming treat. Once we arrived we stored our shoes in the lockers provided and then bought a ticket from the vending machine for a private onsen. We presented our ticket to the ladies at the counter only to discover the next available private onsen wasn't until 10:20pm. Damn! We then inquired about the next available ind...